NEUTRAL EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION

Mir Photo Survey

Mir Photo Survey
Principal Scientist: Mike Gaunce
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 713 483-5153

Goal: To use still photos and video taken during rendevous, docked operations, and departure/fly-around to survey the exterior of the Mir for damage due to meteoroid/debris impacts, external contamination effects, and exposed material degradation.

Plume Impingement Contamination(PIC) Experiment
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steve Koontz
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 713-483-5906
Fax: 713-244-2319
E-Mail: STEVEN.L.KOONTZ@nasa.gov

Goal: To provide Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) measurement of both transient and persistent surface contamination produced by: (1) shuttle Primary Reaction Control System (PRCS) engines, (2) Russian 13-kilogram(kg) attitude control and reboost thrusters on MIR, and (3) the shuttle environment during moninal operations.

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